Source: Rural Landscapes and Sustainable Development: International Day for Monuments and Sites 2019

With every accomplishment there is often a journey, and the inscription of Pimachiowin Aki as an UNESCO World Heritage Site was no exception.

Source: Pimachiowin Aki: a journey – Parks Blog

Pimachiowin Aki is Canada’s first “mixed” UNESCO World Heritage site, recognized for both its cultural and natural value.

Source: The life-giving forest

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to paddle and camp for a minimum of three consecutive nights in each of Quetico, Wabakimi and Woodland Caribou Provincial Parks by October, 2019.

Source: Top 10 reasons to paddle the Northwest Wilderness Quest

We found the dopest sites in UNESCO’s annual list of world heritage sites to spark your wanderlust.

Source: A Virtual Tour Of UNESCO’s Coolest World Heritage Sites For 2018

The designation of a large strip of boreal forest as Canada’s first mixed UNESCO World Heritage site just might help Indigenous groups gain more control over their ancestral lands. Pimachiowin Aki is a 30,000-kilometre swath of land straddling the Ontario-Manitoba border. The Anishnaabe people have lived for thousands of years and the area is currently […]

Source: Canada’s first mixed UNESCO heritage site may lead to more protected Indigenous areas – iPolitics

A large swath of boreal forest spanning the Manitoba- Ontario border has been recognized by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] as a World Heritage Site.

Source: ‘Treasure for our peoples’: First cultural and natural World Heritage Site in Canada spanning Man-Ont border declared